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DFort1a.jpgBeen fun, goodbye!219 viewsSp5 Danny Fort all dressed up in khakis at Cam Ranh Bay...heading home to the land of the Big PX.
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PhotoShoot.jpgThe Photo Shoot219 viewsThe dude with the camera is Steve Rainbolt. The "plan" was to use the stairs and adjoining escalators as the stage for all the photos. Hah! Along came the Fire Marshal and he shut it down. All Steve got was a picture of chaos. Well....maybe next year!
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TR83.jpgShower Time219 viewsA very workable field shower - a canvas bag that holds about 5 gallons. It worked. A can of Black Label beer sitting on the sandbags.
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Dixon50.jpg17th Field Hospital, Saigon219 viewsOne of our NCO's insisted that we shave close enough NOT to scratch the back of his hand or we got assigned EXTRA guard duty! He would actually rub the back of his hand across your face while in morning formation. You had hell to pay if it got scratched! My skin infection got so bad that I ended up in several hospitals, finally arriving at 17th Field Hospital in Saigon. It was a kind of poetic justice from God...
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DJ-11.jpgWhere are we? A map exercise.218 views"Matches? I thought you had the matches!"
Maj Gerrold Tippen (S-3, 1/35)), CPT Lloyd Yoshina (A/1/35), Maj Moore (BnCo, 1/35).
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DFort.jpgModern-day Danny218 viewsDanny still retains the nickname "Cowboy" and has the hat to prove it!
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GregMalnar.jpgThat Big!218 viewsProbably discussing the size of rats in Nam.
PFC Gregory J. Malnar with fellow redleg Sp4 Craig W. Faurot while at LZ Mile High with "A" Battery.
Time frame is late 1967.
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Slide09.jpgScenic Firebase218 viewsTake the high ground! It provides for a defensible base and a great view. Anyone know the cannoncockers here?
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Danny_and_Geary.jpgAnother Buddy Found!218 viewsDanny links up with another 2/9th Redleg. Geary Burrows (right) was in the "B" Battery FDC in the 1967-68 era. Geary was wounded in the Spring/Summer of 68 and sent home.
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WD2.jpgThe Mighty Ninth in action217 viewsBattle of 13 June 69: 2/9th artillery attacks NVA bunker complex.
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DScott-1.JPGHigh Angle fire217 viewsEveryone digging through their FM6-40s for refreshers on high angle fire.
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TS-24.jpgThere's War... and then there is war216 viewsThe editor of the newly-renamed "Ivy Leaf" rag of the 4th Inf Division may have wished he gave more thought to this page layout. At top, you have and Infantryman in the jungle, at bottom, you have our cannoneers with "B" Company (s/b Battery), 2/9th, firing a mission, and to the right...TA-DA! An 8,800 sq ft brand new PX has a grand opening...complete with 500 soldiers and a band! Wonder if they sang "Happy Days Are Here Again"?
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